I must have been to Pattaya 100's of times & never even bothered about the beach let alone a swim. Just maybe I am on to something here

There are two ways to fix a flooding/low lying area. You fill it or you dredge it out so half is water and half is ground. Can they make Pataya  another Venice for high class tourists.

I know it's 'pipe dream' (plz excuse the pun) but how about some pretty boat sized canals (open the ones closed decades ago, and add new ones to receive/catch the heavy rains, then chanel this water through overflow ponds/pits (pollution filtration included), pump into outfall pipes and lay these maybe a mile or two offshore. No more flooding AND they can create some beautiful waterways to inject tourist appeal all across the world class resort. They did an amazing job in BKK with one of the old smelly overbuilt klongs ... now lots a groovy night market and food areas there. Could do this all over Pattaya and this would help with the beach erosion I'm sure - eliminate those ugly wash aways and all the <deleted> that they deliver to the beach and ocean. These outfalls would aisd in cleaning up the sea water a tonne too.

7 hours ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

Would everybody be happier if the government simply concreted over the entire coastline in Pattaya?

 

That’s essentially what they’ve done, hence the problem. 

Be patient. We are almost there.

 

Soon, the submarines will pick beachgoers up in Pattaya and ship them over to the next island.

8 hours ago, worgeordie said:

They need to mix the sand with cement, that will stop it washing away ????

regards Worgeordie

yaa but would they MIX it correctly ????!!!

Tomorrow's news from TAT.

 

Wealthy tourists bring their own sand to Pattaya and in return, we reduce their Quarantine to 13 days only.

Remind me again, what’s the definition of insanity?

Same problem in Miami ????

14 hours ago, J Town said:

I really can't wrap my head around the concept of why it wouldn't be so easy to create drainage from beach road straight into the gulf. It's like 30 meters away!

That's to easy... and if they fix it, we're are the future brown envelopes going to come from... 

What a lot of the serial complainers here don't seem to realize while going "LA LA LA (as they cover their ears) I CAN'T HEAR YOU LA LA LA".  Is that the beach is designed to wash away in certain areas after heavy rains.  All you have to do is open your eyes and you will see that the sidewalk is designed as a spillway in certain areas and (SURPRISE) that is where it washes away.

 

And before anyone goes on about drainage.  Yes they put in larger pipes to help it drain faster for moderate rainfall but it's impossible to drain away a few billion gallons falling within an hour of a fairly typical Thailand downpour. The pipes would probably need to be impossibly big to be able to handle that.

20 minutes ago, shdmn said:

And before anyone goes on about drainage.  Yes they put in larger pipes to help it drain faster for moderate rainfall but it's impossible to drain away a few billion gallons falling within an hour of a fairly typical Thailand downpour. The pipes would probably need to be impossibly big to be able to handle that.

Although we still seem to flood, I have read comments that it drains away faster than in the past, so some benefit has been derived from work done. Not sure if others would agree with this.... 

12 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Time he was moved on to pastures new, and actually get someone in who knows how to do things and not just make empty promises.

No doubt he has a team of "expert" hangers on on his payroll to advise him and share the spoils.

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

No doubt he has a team of "expert" hangers on on his payroll to advise him and share the spoils.

Family?

12 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Family?

They'd all have their own teams of hangers on!

 

 

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Although we still seem to flood, Not sure if others would agree with this.... 

We??? I thought it was THEY!  

48 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

We??? I thought it was THEY!  

'We' still flood, as I live here 'they still flood' would not be correct, although the argument was not over pronouns. 

21 hours ago, jacko45k said:

The tragedy is that huge amounts of money are being spent and a lot of it appears to have been wasted. We keep revisiting the same problems over and over. 

Not wasted, redistributed!

22 hours ago, jacko45k said:

The tragedy is that huge amounts of money are being spent and a lot of it appears to have been wasted. We keep revisiting the same problems over and over. 

Isn't that the point of not fixing it properly? Follow the money.

22 hours ago, jacko45k said:

The tragedy is that huge amounts of money are being spent and a lot of it appears to have been wasted. We keep revisiting the same problems over and over. 

The definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.  In this case supplying sand to a disappearing beach is a license to print money four times a year.

11 hours ago, mikebell said:

The definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.  In this case supplying sand to a disappearing beach is a license to print money four times a year.

 

Perhaps we will see tourist numbers increase just after every beach replenishment, only to subside, as the sand does.  Then, when the sand is replenished, the tourists come back.

 

They are smart here.  Turning two tourist seasons into four tourist seasons.  ???? 

On 2/18/2021 at 2:30 PM, J Town said:

I really can't wrap my head around the concept of why it wouldn't be so easy to create drainage from beach road straight into the gulf. It's like 30 meters away!

the problem with that is: it makes too much sense

On 2/19/2021 at 10:00 AM, mikebell said:

The definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.  In this case supplying sand to a disappearing beach is a license to print money four times a year.

Einstein must be rolling over at high speed in his grave

On 2/18/2021 at 11:25 AM, worgeordie said:

They need to mix the sand with cement, that will stop it washing away ????

regards Worgeordie

don't forget the gravel..it will help it last several decades